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Community Mod Spotlight - Ante Bellum - Blood and Iron

Good evening, good morning and good afternoon. Whatever timezone you're in, it's time for another Mod Spotlight! For this mod spotlight, we look to conclude our series showing off post 1.37 Major updates. With future mod spotlights going back to covering some of the more (hopefully) unknown diamonds in the rough. For now though, lets dive straight into a look at the upcoming Ante Bellum content, Blood and Iron. Presented by Lead Dev Parmelion.

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Hello everyone! My name is Parmelion and I am the lead developer of Ante Bellum. Today, I would like to present to you the upcoming ninth major update of the mod, titled ‘Blood and Iron’, which is releasing in less than two week - on July 8!

For those of you who are not familiar with the mod, Ante Bellum is a vanilla+ alternative history mod. The main design philosophy of the mod is to completely preserve the base game gameplay and add no new invasive mechanics to the game that would make the player feel like they must learn to interact with a new system in order to play optimally. In other words, if you know how to play the base game, you will instantly know how to play Ante Bellum! The mod’s main appeal is a completely new country setup caused by multiple historical points of divergence – Normans losing the Battle of Hastings, Arabs failing to conquer Persia, Mongols succeeding in invading Japan as well as five years’ worth of content, with hundreds of mission trees, government reforms, events, decisions, formable nations and so much more! If you are looking for a more general overview of the mod, I would recommend you checking out the first mod spotlight of Ante Bellum.



Now, let’s shift our attention to the main topic of today – the 1.9 ‘Blood and Iron’ update. In this update, we have decided to revisit one of the most popular regions in the world and give a proper facelift to the Holy Roman Empire. Although the HRE was a side focus of the 1.4 ‘Empire’s Downfall’ update, the update was released four years ago, and the content is visibly dated and no longer up to our current standards. Now, I would like to show you a short list of the update’s main features, and then I will speak about them in more detail:
  • Province and country update of the Holy Roman Empire
  • Nine new or updated imperial incidents
  • Hussite, Gaelic and Anglican HRE paths
  • Overhauled custom achievements screen window
  • Protestant & Reformed religious schools
  • Reformation changes & Counter-Reformation
  • Paladins special unit
  • German, Italian, Gallic and Byzantine pre-set colonial nations
  • 24 new mission trees
  • New soundtrack, loading screen, bookmark, achievements, formable nations, events, decisions, estate privileges, government reforms, monuments, cultures, cosmetic renames, dynamic province names and so much more




The first thing you’ll likely see when booting up Blood and Iron for the first time is our new loading screen. This original piece of artwork depicts Robert de Hauteville, also known as the Mad Duke of Capua – one of the most popular characters in the entire mod with quite literally insane event chain dedicated to him. If you are looking for a challenging and flavorful first campaign in Ante Bellum, then I would highly recommend you check out Capua!

Many centuries have passed since the Ottonian dynasty's illustrious reign came crashing down. Trampled under boot by the resurgent Carolingians, Saxony was thoroughly harried, with furor far surpassing even Charlemagne's war against Widukind. All the while, the princes prostrated themselves before the French, offering oaths laced with sedition and tribute stained in blood. Since then, the Holy Roman Empire's integrity - and by extension that of the Roman Catholic Church - have been called into question; Trinacria's fall to the Saracen menace in the 14th Century came as a devastating blow to Italy's security, followed mere decades later by Bohemia's immolation in the Hussite War. Now, as if adding naphtha to a pyre, 1443's Humiliation of Valencia dangles precariously over Emperor Lothair's head like the Sword of Damocles. Whether the Emperor or the princes prevail, there is no doubt that the Empire's destiny shall be forged through blood and iron.

Next up, you’ll encounter our new country setup and bookmark whose description you can read above. As we were mostly fine with the country setup established by the 1.4 ‘Empire’s Downfall’ update, the map overhaul of 1.9 is much more modest compared to our previous major updates. Despite that, you will still have a lot of new countries to play as, including Ivrea, Ravenna or Chur. We were also pretty satisfied with the province density, so the map update was not as massive as it is otherwise common for our major updates, but still, we do have some new provinces, such as the Isle of Elba, and wastelands here and there.


The first major feature I would like to talk about are the new imperial incidents. They are a great tool which revitalizes the game in the HRE and gives all tags something to interact with. In Blood and Iron, we are adding nine new or reworked imperial incidents. Our new incidents include Lotharingia’s Imperial Entrance, the Wendish Threat or the Fate of Francia which fires once the Carolingians lose the imperial mantle. The new Emperor will be able to kick Francia out of the Empire, and if the princes vote for kicking the French, Francia will be able to contest this decision and declare the War for the Fate of Francia and the Empire against the Emperor. If victorious, Francia will reclaim the imperial mantle and force itself back into the HRE. Imperial princes will be choosing sides and joining either Francia or the new emperor, so this war will eventually turn into a mini league war.


Now, let's shift our focus to religion for a bit. In Blood and Iron, we have decided to better represent various Protestant denominations by giving the religious schools mechanic to Protestant and Reformed religions. The new religious schools will not only add new flavor and more depth to intrareligious interactions but will also provide the player with some additional bonuses. You will be able to embrace a wide variety of religious schools, including Lutheran, Waldensian, Calvinist, Puritan and more! Moreover, you might have noticed a Center of Reformation with the Catholic cross next to it on the screenshot. In Blood and Iron, Catholic countries which have embraced Counter-Reformation will be able to spawn Centers of Counter-Reformation to fight the heretics more effectively!


Those of you who are familiar with Ante Bellum know that we have our own achievement system. As of now, the system works primarily through decisions, but since the addition of moddable custom GUI, the system was converted to be supported by an interactable interface. We originally wanted to make it look exactly like Steam achievements, but decided to go for a more unique and authentic design. Achievements are also sorted by major updates, as indicated by the small patch in the bottom right corner. For our achievement hunters, Blood and Iron will be adding about 20 completely new achievements!


Pre-set colonial nations are one of the most unique and fan favourite features of Ante Bellum. Essentially, they are pre-made tags which your generated colonial nations turn into should you have the option enabled. This allows us to assign various unique features to them, such as custom country flags. In Blood and Iron, we will be adding new pre-set colonial nations to Germany, Italy, Gallia and Byzantium. Here’s a preview of their new custom flags:

Now, to the fan favourite part of all updates - mission trees! When it comes to missions, Blood and Iron will be the largest update Ante Bellum has ever received. With new mission trees for over 20 tags, and some trees exceeding 70 missions, the player will have a lot of great content to go through. Since most of these trees are regional, almost every single nation in the HRE – anything ranging from Carniola, Frankfurt, Holstein, Ravenna to Lombardy – will receive a unique mission tree.

Here's a look at some of them:

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Besides that, there is a lot of other content coming, including new formable nations such as Aquitaine, Helvetia or Rhineland.


New great projects such as the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa or the Palace of Arles.


New government mechanics including Helvetic Militarization and Hanseatic Commercialism.


New menu indicators for nations which have received a mini-update or have access to pre-set colonial nations.


New special units


Blood & Iron also comes with a completely originally new soundtrack by the prolific composer, Utopia. You can listen to that here:
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And that’s far from over. There are hundreds of new events, decisions, government reforms, estate privileges, dynamic province names, cultures, lore startup screens and much much more.
Blood and Iron is the result of more than a year of hard work, and we are excited to finally release it to the public on July 8. All of our supporters, however, can play the update in early access right now. If supporting the mod’s development is within your means, definitely consider it, as you will unlock yourself about 15 amazing rewards, including early access to all future updates or the ability to request content additions to the mod.
If you would instead prefer to watch the new content in action, several content creators have already covered it, and you can watch the playthrough of multiple 1.9 nations in their videos:


I would also like to invite you to join our community Discord server which has over 11000 members and allows you to talk to other mod fans, share your campaigns, participate in multiplayer games or community events. You can find all relevant links in the Steam description of the mod.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1908400374

Thank you for taking the time to read this mod spotlight. See you in Ante Bellum!

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Back to John Paradox speaking, Thank you all for joining us! Be sure to check out Ante Bellum on July 8th, especially if you haven't already tried this breathtaking mod.
If you're reading this as it comes out, we also invite you to check out our selection of Paradox titles currently on sale now in the Steam Summer sale. Including Eu4 and select DLCs for up to 70% off.

As we mentioned at the start, we hope to bring these spotlights back to their roots and show of some of the lesser known mods in the coming weeks/months. We'll see you then!

1.37.2 Patch is now LIVE!

Hello everyone - today we have released 1.37.2, this patch brings 130+ fixes in total.

As usual, please report any issues in our bug report forum or submit a support ticket; this is the fastest way for us to see and address any problems.

Keep in mind while these changes shouldn't affect 1.37.0/1.37.1 save games too profoundly, this is something we're not able to fully guarantee, especially if using mods. See here for information on how to roll back or prevent auto updates.

[h2]Patch 1.37.2 Changelog:[/h2]
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# Tooltips
- Added a missing unlocalized string for when the player enacts the Institutionalized Black Army government reform.
- Added a missing localized tooltip for unlocking State Madrasas and Karimi Stations' government reforms for the Mamluks and Egypt.
- New modifiers icons for cawa_cost_modfier, hussasrs_cost_modifier, territories_governing_cost.
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# Achievements
- The achievement "Back to the Piast" now mentions Glogow and Opole instead of Silesia.
- The achievement "Kushite Restoration" now mentions that you or your subjects can own Egypt and that they don't have to be core provinces.
- The achievement "Land of Eastern Jade" now properly mentions the Mexico region instead of just Central America.
- The "Truly Divine Ruler" achievement now mentions that the ruler can be higher than just a 5/5/5 to count.
- The achievement "One Night in Paris" now mentions that the Angevin Kingdom is allowed for the achievement.
- The achievement "There Khan only be one!" is no longer blocked by native countries reforming into hordes.

# Decisions
- Added a check for LotN when completing relevant missions upon forming Poland.
- The decision from "[Root.GetBurghersName] Financial Demand" will now show up even if you don't have any ports. However, you still need at least one port to enact it.
- The "Re-form the Golden Horde" decision is no longer blocked from having a subject holding the necessary provinces.

# Events
- The "Praxis Pietatis Melica" event can now trigger for Prussia too.
- The event "Disagreement over Company Purchases" can no longer give you a claim over a province you own yourself already.
- The event "Tribute from " will now show how much money you gain.
- The event "The " can no longer fire for junior partners.
- The event "Complaints about [Root.GetLowLevelOfficialForCountry]" will now have a 4 monthly income cost for Republics if they execute the official.
- The event "Hostility to New Production Techniques" now has a goto button.
- The event "Cabinet of Curiosities" now has a goto button.
- Switched the modifier names from the "National Bank" event.
- The Burgundian Inheritance is no longer locked into picking monarchies as the potential senior partner for Burgundy. In other words: if you happen to be a Signora with a lot of land and you marry Burgundy then you become eligible for the Succession, though you have only a 10th chance as a normal monarchy would have.
- The event "Emergent Culture in the Colonies" can now appear for Anglois countries too.
- The event "The Shadow Kingdom" now mentions that you lose 0.2 IA per development per Italian province which leaves the HRE if you do not have Emperor active.
- Updated the tooltip in "Strengthening Our Merchants" for the privilege in the event option so it no longer lies to the player.
- The event “Kreditwerk” will no longer fire multiple times.
- The event “Our Cause is Just” now fires for the Espionage ideas, not the Influence ideas.
- Fixed scoping issues within the event "The Fate of France". In other words, you get mana points, and France gets to destroy its monuments.
- The event republic_factions.101 no longer fires for republics with lottery elections.
- The “Crown of Rome”'s second option to release the Latin Empire will only appear if Thrace is directly owned by the player.
- The event "Intercolonial Disputes" no longer fires for Sunset Colonies.
- The event "Campaign into Thessaly" will now properly disable the "Rise of a Pretender" event.
- The event "Vengeance for Manzikert" now has a proper picture.
- The event "Election of a New Ruler" can no longer fire for Integrated PU subjects.
- The event "Disaster in Franconia" can no longer fire for Brandenburg if the player does not own the Domination DLC.
- "The Italian Military" now properly disables the "Cruelty of Mercenaries" event.

# Missions
- For Hungary's "Recover Dalmatia" mission, ships are now only granted if there's no naval construction ongoing. If there is, the player will earn an alternate reward.
- Updated the effect tooltip of the Dutch mission "Trade in the Ivory Coast".
- The Dutch mission "Ending the Sound Toll" now properly fires its event.
- The Dutch mission "University of Leiden" now highlights Den Haag.
- The Dutch mission "Fate of the Confederation" now properly applies its reward on all Land Right privileges.
- The Dutch mission "Lands of the Generality" no longer checks parliament size if you don't have one.
- The Dutch mission "Relations in Britain" no longer requires you to have a spy network in them if England/GB becomes a subject.
- The Dutch mission "Lands of the Generality" now properly applies its rewards even if you pick the "Superiority of the State" gov reform.
- The Austrian mission "Royal Hungary" will no longer instantly kill Ladislaus if he is still an heir.
- The Austrian mission "Defeat the French" now properly splits France even if they are in a PU with you.
- The Austrian mission "Emperors of the East" now only gives IA when you are the Emperor.
- The Hisn Kayfa mission "Fate of Anatolia" now grants its rewards properly when completed.
- The Oman mission "Fall of Baghdad" now properly requires the areas that are highlighted by the mission.
- Updated tooltips of Trebizond's missions to emphasize that provinces with their PORT in the Black Sea are counted.
- Fixed the Timurid's mission tree branch name display.
- The Timurid mission "Ambition in Yuan" now gives proper cores for all the subjects released in the event.
- The Mughal mission "Din-i Ilahi" does now properly prevent the Sinner personality from appearing.
- The Inca mission "Rule of the Sun" now has a fallback in case the player has already unlocked all reforms before forming the Inca.
- The Venice mission wof_ven_destroy_austria now accounts for Austria-Hungary.
- Fixed the “Lost Legions” from the Italian mission "Return His Legions" so that they no longer cost the Army Professionalism.
- The Theodoro mission "Aegean Supremacy" now properly checks that you own Nasso.
- The Theodorian mission "A Russian Aristocracy" no longer mentions "saving a country as russian_ally".
- The mission "Tumu Crisis" has now its requirements in an OR section if you are not Oirat.
- The mission "Tumu Crisis" now properly highlights Beijing.
- The Tatar's mission "Bowed Heads; Bent Knees" now always gives rewards no matter the way you complete it.
- The mission yua_printing_press now correctly grants progress for the institution when that spawns.
- Khiva now has access to the Moghulistan missions.
- Ferghana now has access to the Moghulistan missions.
- Khalkha now has Mongol missions.
- Khoshuud now has access to all the Mongol missions.
- Kalmyk now has access to all the Tatar missions.
- Reforming the Golden Horde now gives the Horde missions properly.
- Completing the Persian mission "Expand Our Influence" will now properly show the new cap for the reduction of Persian Influence cost in the government abilities.
- The Georgian mission "Patriarchate of All Georgia" now grants proper rewards even if you don't have Third Rome active.
- The “Apostolic Church” idea is now gaining its upgrade from the Armenian mission tree properly.
- The DLC-locked rewards of the Armenian mission "Proclaim Great Armenia" are no longer mentioned if the needed DLCs are inactive.
- The Byzantine mission "Return to Gold" now takes into account whether Trebizond has gold as its raw good.
- The Ming mission "Survey the Ocean Shores" will now mention that the power projection is permanent.
- The Reform Civil Registration mission of the EoC now correctly grants its alternative reward if the Rights of Man DLC is not active.


# Modifiers
- Removed duplicate instances of the ITA_extra_goods_produced_for_colonies modifier.
- The modifier hsn_a_sublime_alliance from the "A Sublime Alliance" mission no longer disappears after breaking an alliance.
- The “Marine Exercises” modifier reward for Venice is now properly permanent.

# Setup
- Orochoni is now eligible to use the mercenary company "Mongol Banner".
- The Aztecs no longer start with the Triple Alliance privilege if you do not have Winds of Change.

# Other
- The privilege "Outwards Perfection" now reduces max absolutism.
- “Scuola Grande” local organizations are now available after you change your tag as Venice.
- Hindu rebels now properly give influence to the Brahmins when they enforce their demands.
- Forming Silesia will no longer mention that you obtain any new missions as there are no missions for Silesia.
- The Burghers Agenda "Discover " will no longer be given if you don't have any permanent source for new explorers/conquistadors.
- The Hungarian/German Revolution can now fire even if Hungary/Austria is a subject nation. However, once Austria-Hungary is formed, the subjected nation automatically joins AH and the former overlord can fight a DEFENSIVE war against AH.
- The "Strengthen the Dhimmi" government reform will ensure the Dhimmi estate's existence and prevent the Brahmins from appearing.
- Incorporated Vassals / PU now count for Strong Duchies and Integration Policy privileges.
- Fixed the alert text for recruiting foreign generals.
- Added missing localization explaining that you cannot DoW your own Mongol Brother Realm. There won't be family conflicts under the Mongol roof.
- Updated the "has center of trade" trigger so it no longer implies that a province can have more than CoTs with different levels.
- Added a missing localization which explains to you that you cannot declare wars on your own Commercial Enterprise subjects.
- Fixed an issue with the Porcelain Agenda perpetually increasing its requirements.
- The estate privilege "High Altitude Adaptation" now applies its maluses on provinces you gain after having the privilege enacted already.
- The Rajput Military Leadership reform is no longer available if you don't have Dharma active.
- Sunset Colonies now count towards the "Create a Colonial Empire" Age Objective.
- The government mechanic button "Strengthen Overseas Outposts" now has a 10-year cooldown.
- The Stadhouder Monarchy reform is now removed when you become a PU subject.
- It is no longer possible to replace governors of Sunset Colonies.
- It is now possible to seize territories from Sunset Colonies.
- Forming Austria-Hungary will now give dip points if there is no slot free for Hungarian / Austrian to accept.
- The "Arabian Plutocracy" gov reform now unlocks the Plutocratic Idea Group.
- Forming Egypt as Hisn Kayfa will now properly fire the "New Traditions and Ambitions" event.
- The Potosi mine will correctly check the conditional reward of the Chinese Emperor's single whip law.
- The "Empower Religious Propagation" government mechanic is now properly applied.
- Fixed minor typo for Russian Mercenary Guard gov reform.
- The VOC will now automatically adopt the technology group of its overlord.
- removed the "has_unlocked_government_reform_tooltip" scripted trigger, the base has_unlcoked_government_reform trigger now supports the custom tooltip baseline.
- The Dutch Republic government reforms now count for events that are supposed to trigger for countries capable of forming Personal Unions (in other words: missions/events that grant PU CBS are now eligible for the Netherlands too).
- Fixed an unlocalized string when enacting the Wagenburg Tactics government reform.
- Fixed an unlocalized string when enacting the Bohemian Elective Monarchy government reform.
- Fixed an unlocalized string when enacting the Imperial Hungarian Monarchy government reform.
- Fixed unlocalized string when enacting the Crusader Nobility reform.
- Fixed an unlocalized string when enacting any of the Germany specific government reforms.
- Fixed an unlocalized string when enacting the Bergordnung Reform.

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- Theodoro retains its unit sprites after switching cultures from Gothic (Byzantine) to Gothic (Germanic).
- Weapon for Umbrian Tier 1 infantry/artillery is held with both hands
- Mercenary Company "Gascon Musket Company "based in Armagnac (175 ) uses Southern French unit sprites instead of the French sprites
- Uzbek unit models from the Great Horde Unit Pack are useful for all the Altaic cultures instead of being replaced by Timurid units from the Great Horde Unit Pack.
- After completing geo_throne_of_the_romans, Georga start using the Byzantine sprite
- Yi and Miao use now the Dali Unit Sprites.

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- Fixed an issue with Eunuch rebels not spawning.
- Fixed an issue with duplicate effect after centralizing a state while having the French Absolutist Monarchy.
- Fixed an issue with the has_any_ongoing_construction trigger.
- Fixed AI taking defender of faith regardless of the scripted Ai weights.
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Previous changelogs 1.37 'Inca'

Iconic grand strategy game removes Rome in huge alternate history mod

A decade since launch, Paradox Interactive's mighty Europa Universalis 4 remains one of the best grand strategy games on PC. Much like rivals Civilization 6 and Stellaris, EU4 continues to grow through community-made mods alongside its official expansions. One of the most creative and interesting of these yet is Europa Universalis 4: Post Finem, which dares to imagine how our world might look absent the influence of the mighty Roman Empire.


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Community Mod Spotlight - Post Finem

Hey all! Ryagi back to give you another Mod Spotlight, this time we're taking a short dive into the alternate history world of Post Finem. Lead dev, Chewy does a great job introducing you straight into that world, so I'll let him take it away!

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Hello everyone! My name is Chewy and I am the lead developer for Post Finem (and I’m also the guy who watches the AI ruin itself on YouTube).

For those who don’t know what Post Finem is, it is an alternate history overhaul mod for Europa Universalis IV that aims to answer the question: What if it was CARTHAGE that was victorious in the Punic Wars, and Rome was dismantled upon their completion?
Of course everyone has their ideas of how alternate history should unfold and what is “realistic” and “unrealistic,” and at the end of the day, the beauty of fiction is that reality is often even stranger!

The lore dump is available on the wiki (still WIP, but will answer a lot of questions): https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/Post_Finem/Lore_Dump

Taking a look at the map you will see that Europe, northern Africa, as well as eastern Asia are very different, and that is for good reason! You will also notice some very sweeping changes in Arabia, the Horn of Africa, and into southern India, but that is yet unreleased content that we will explain toward the end of this showcase. So, stick around, because it’s content we’re VERY excited to release!

The political map of Post Finem in 1444, with Carthage a shell of its former glory.

Without the rise of the Romans, there is a very large cascading effect on history. Without Rome, Christianity fails to take off and encompass much of the Western world. The Hellenic pantheon remains dominant in the east, while the Punic pantheon becomes the de facto faith in the west, even pushing into the Italian peninsula via trade relations and political pressures. The Carthaginian Empire continues to grow, incorporating all of Mauretania, Iberia, and southern Gaul into the fold. This is fairly evident when you look at the religious map of the mod.

The religious mapmode in 1444, with a diverse array of faiths throughout the entire scope region. Keep an eye on the Romana in northern Italia, as well as the Evangelos and Jewish provinces in northern Arabia.

For the sake of brevity, we will explain that the so-called “barbarians” of Gaul, Germania, Slavia, and Scandinavia were mostly unaffected by the Punic and Hellenic worlds, as external forces were often viewed as “untouchable” and thus there was ever interest in pursuing conquest in the lands to their north. That allowed these faiths, although evolving internally over the centuries, to remain relevant in their homelands.
These nations have a diverse cast of players, with multiple formable nations and dozens of unique mission trees scattered throughout the regions.

A few notable examples are:
Saxony, whose mission tree pushes them to unite Germania, proclaiming the Konigreich of Germania, and beyond.
The Ostgermanic nations of Ostholm and Vildheim, pushing to unite Ostgermania as Donova, and eventually mend the schism that exists between the Germanic and Ostgermanic peoples.
Kashubia, the de facto leader of the Slavic world, uniting Severoslavia, and eventually incorporating the Jugoslavians to form Slavia, with unique additions to the mission tree along the way.

Though the Gaelic peoples of Gaul and the Celtic Isles have embraced the feudal government system, the vast woods and highlands of northern Europe remain primarily in a tribal structure, with the Feudalism institution yet to be present.

And while on the topic of government structure, the Zoroastrian Empire of Persia must be brought up, having recently (within the last 300 years) pushed the Selecuid Greeks from the Persian heartland and established a regional governance system known as the Satrapies.

The Satrapy system demands specific conquests and freedoms granted to the special subjects in exchange for more efficient governance of the borderlands of the Persian Empire. This lends itself to a VERY unique gameplay experience for anyone looking to utilize a vassal swarm game.

There are currently over 60 unique mission trees in the mod, and I can’t show off all of them, but I will happily show off a few of my personal favorites that I feel showcase the talent of the contributors and developers that work(ed) on the mod since it started last August.

Carthage, the shadow of the once great Carthaginian Empire, exists in its heartland, governing a few loosely incorporated vassal nations in the region. The Qahal, the parliamentary system utilized by Carthage, rules the nation and dictates a lot of the internal politics of Carthage.

Their mission tree will push them to reconquer their lost territory and beyond, all the while industrializing their nation and reclaiming the glory of their once great name.

Macedonia is another formerly great nation, experiencing civil war after civil war for the past few centuries, with small breaks here and there to lose territory to outside forces. In 1444 they are ruled by a weak king of the Philoxenos dynasty, with the military War Cabinet dictating military organization and operations

Starting in a precarious circumstance, Macedonia must be careful not to get involved in costly wars early as their low Organization will lead to low military quality. If Organization were to hit 0, the War Cabinet may just coup the Basileus!


The Macedonian mission tree, as you would expect, pushes them to reconquer the lost lands of the once-great empire of Alexander, complete with flavorful events, and the opportunity to rule southern Italy (Magna Graecia) and Aegyptos as personal unions.

Though the Hellenic world is ripe for reform, as the Hellenic pantheon has centralized dramatically over the past thousand years, with the Archonic Hierophantate of Athens dictating the beliefs and doctrines of the Hellenic faithful. Not everyone, however, is happy with that, and a certain conservationist movement known as the “Paradosi” have been making moves, primarily in the eastern portions of the Hellenic world. This is not even to mention the Kemetic synergist movement happening within Aegyptos, which is due to reach a boiling point within a few decades of the game start..

Over in Italia sits the land of the Italian Federation, an institution which was initially formed to act as a defensive alliance network to deter direct Carthaginian incursions into the Italian peninsula from their bases on Sardinia and Sicily. Over the centuries the Federation has reformed its contractual obligations, centralizing around a “Grand Adirim,” a lifetime appointed ruler to oversee the large scale operations of the federation. There is a lot of internal strife between the Punic majorities of Italia and Illyria, and the latin Romana minorities of the northern Portions, primarily in the Kingdom of Italia.


The new interface for the Italian Federation coming to Post Finem in the 1.2 update, complete with 24 possible reforms and the “Religious Tension” mechanic that acts as an engine to drive the Religious Leagues toward their inevitable conclusions. More on REDACTED at a later date. Of course, centralization will allow the Adirim to unite the Federation under the Roman banner, reclaiming that long-dead name.

There is a lot of content to enjoy within the Federation. The Federal Seat of Roma, looking to unite the Federation under one banner, ruling with their special subjects, the Principates. The electorate of Sardinia, ruling the waves and challenging the piratical menace that plagues the Mediterranean.
But perhaps one of the most impactful and engaging nations within the Federation would be Italia, the Romana minority leaders.


Italia is poised to challenge the Punics, especially following their persecution at the hands of the Scarlet Delegation, instituted by the Adirim in the year prior to game start.

But for those looking for a power fantasy, look not further than the rump state of the Seleucid Kingdom. Despite falling very far from the powerful position they once occupied, the Seleucids are very much not to be counted out.

The Seleucid mission tree pushes for massive conquests, uniting the Hellenic world, all the while buffing their already powerful military, becoming the undisputed militaristic hegemon of the world. The branching missions open up upon the initialization of the Paradosi reformation of the Hellenic pantheon, allowing Seleucia to reform and lead the reformation, or reject it and defend the Archon’s Diktat!

And those are just to name a few of the many beautifully crafted mission trees in the mod.
On top of mission content, there are HUNDREDS of flavor events, including an entire rework of the colonial game and the new world, unique national ideas for almost every single new nation on the map, large generic mission trees that are shared across regions, such as the non-Saxon Germanic nations, and much, much more.

We have also adopted the “Ante Bellum” system of updates for Post Finem, focusing heavily on specific regions of the map and going all-in on injecting them with as much engaging flavor and content as possible.

The 1.1 update, the “New Horizons” update pushed large changes to Iberia, including 3 new formable nations (Boraliber, Gadrium, and Kusi-Iber), each complete with unique mission trees, as well as a rework to the map of Mauretania, introducing new tags, a regional mission tree, and Mauretania formable, complete with a unique and powerful mission tree, as well as a rework of the entire new world, trade nodes, colonial nations, and post-colonial formable nations, all complete with shared or unique mission trees and national ideas. It was huge!

Currently the 1.2 update, the “Sons of Abraham” update is DEEP in development, and we are announcing today that it will be released on Friday, the 21st of June!
This update overhauls Arabia, the Horn of Africa, and southern India, introducing 3 new Christian religions (Evangelos, the Levantine Christians, Sevasam, the Indian Christians, and Concetus, the Italian Christians), the Jain religion, and a rework to the Arabic religion. All religions included in the 1.2 update are receiving mechanics, with Evangelos and Jain receiving entirely custom mechanics, created from scratch!

The Evangelos faith is focused around spreading the faith, either by diplomacy or by the sword, and will lead to powerful buffs along the way, ultimately pushing for the unification of the Evangelos world into a united tag, the Theodokos.

The Jain faith focuses on enlightenment, and each of the 3 colored hands can be clicked to reveal various “paths” that enlightenment can be spent on, granting various bonuses that stack nicely.

There will be dedicated mission content for many nations, with many more sharing regional mission trees that expand upon forming various nations such as Arabia, Dilmun (Gulf of Persia), Munifara (Horn of Africa), Sumukiun (Southern India), and many more!

The top portion of this tree is available in 1444 to Heliopolis, the leader of the Sacred Empire of Christ, with the bottom portion being unlocked upon unification of the Theodokos via the Christian Zeal mechanic shown previously.

The Munifara mission tree, with the shared portion being built upon by the yellow portion (East African vs Semetic tech groups vs coastal Somalian nations) and the red portion upon uniting the Horn and forming Munifara.

The Indo-Greek nation of Simylla, a one province minor in western India, has the ability for grow far beyond their 1444 borders and unite India as Yavana, unlocking this BEEFY mission tree to aid them in their conquests.

And the last mission tree to show for 1.2 will be Zulfaar, the theocratic center of the Islamic world, based in Yemen. The holy city of Taiz, the spiritual center of Islam, where the prophet Mohammed (PBUH) established the faith.
Their theme will be to unite Arabia and the Horn, pushing beyond, and developing the home lands, creating a beautiful homeland for the Islamic peoples.


All of that to show that we are VERY excited for what is to come in the near future for Post Finem.

If you are interested in participating in an open beta for 1.2, we will be opening the Discord server up to it on June 7th, so hop in and expect a ping before too long!
Additionally, Patrons to Post Finem get early access to the development alpha builds, so check that out in the Discord as well if that sounds appealing to you and you want to support development.
https://discord.gg/postfinem

Thank you all for taking the time to read about my little mod! I hope you enjoy playing Post Finem as much as I have enjoyed working on it over the past ~10 months!

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We hope you enjoyed this Mod Spotlight. Even you Rome lovers (The Glory of Rome would surely never fail us as depicted here). If any of this sounds interesting to you, check out Post Finem over on steam workshop.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3142739241

If you're interested in some of Chewy's other work, you can find our mod spotlight on his other overhaul mod, Land of the Free, and his YouTube over at both Chewyshoot and Chewbert

We'll see you next time!